The 1967 VFL season was the 71st season of the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

(VFL), the highest level senior

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 15 April until 23 September, and comprised an 18-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs. The premiership was won by the

Richmond Football Club The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is an Australian rules football team playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). Between its inception in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond in 1885 and 1907, the club competed in the Victo ...

for the sixth time, after it defeated by nine points in the

1967 VFL Grand Final The 1967 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Richmond Football Club and Geelong Football Club at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 23 September 1967. It was the 70th annual grand final of the Victorian Footb ...

Premiership season

In 1967, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man. A player could be substituted for any reason; however, once substituted, a player could not return to the field of play under any circumstances. Teams played each other in a home-and-away season of 18 rounds; matches 12 to 18 were the "home-and-way reverse" of matches 1 to 7. Once the 18 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1967 VFL ''Premiers'' were determined by the specific format and conventions of the

Page–McIntyre system The McIntyre System, or systems as there have been five of them, is a playoff system that gives an advantage to teams or competitors qualifying higher. The systems were developed by Ken McIntyre, an Australian lawyer, historian and English lect ...

Round 1

, - style="background:#ccf;" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - style="background:#fff;" , , 20.12 (132) , , 15.12 (102) ,

Glenferrie Oval Glenferrie Oval is an Australian rules football stadium located in Hawthorn, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the historic home of, and is synonymous with, the Hawthorn Football Club, who played there from 1903 and as a VFL/AFL ...

, 18,294 , 15 April 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 8.14 (62) , , 9.13 (67) ,

Arden Street Oval Arden Street Oval (also known as North Melbourne Cricket Ground) is a sports oval in North Melbourne, Victoria, North Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria. It is currently the training base of the North Melbourne Football Club, an Australia ...

, 13,690 , 15 April 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 22.13 (145) , , 9.10 (64) ,

Moorabbin Oval Moorabbin Oval (also known as RSEA Park under a naming rights agreement) is an Australian rules football ground in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia at Linton Street in the suburb of Moorabbin, Victoria, Moorabbin. The ground was most ...

, 28,564 , 15 April 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 15.20 (110) , , 11.9 (75) ,

MCG The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as "The 'G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hem ...

, 56,387 , 15 April 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 13.13 (91) , , 13.12 (90) ,

Kardinia Park Kardinia Park is a major public park located in South Geelong, Victoria. A number of public and sporting facilities are located in the park: a major AFL stadium, a secondary football oval, a cricket field, an open air swimming pool, a number of ...

, 35,151 , 15 April 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 5.6 (36) , , 18.22 (130) , Princes Park , 24,211 , 15 April 1967

Round 2

, - style="background:#ccf;" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - style="background:#fff;" , , 12.6 (78) , , 8.22 (70) ,

Western Oval Whitten Oval (also known as Victoria University Whitten Oval under a naming rights agreement) is a stadium in the inner-western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Barkly Street, West Footscray. It is the training and administra ...

, 19,286 , 22 April 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 7.11 (53) , , 8.8 (56) , Windy Hill , 26,100 , 22 April 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 16.17 (113) , , 7.8 (50) ,

Victoria Park Victoria Park may refer to: Places Australia * Victoria Park Nature Reserve, a protected area in Northern Rivers region, New South Wales * Victoria Park, Adelaide, a park and racecourse * Victoria Park, Brisbane, a public park and former golf ...

, 23,576 , 22 April 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 12.16 (88) , , 6.8 (44) , Princes Park , 31,558 , 22 April 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 9.8 (62) , , 14.11 (95) ,

, 37,759 , 22 April 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 15.13 (103) , , 10.5 (65) ,

Lake Oval Lakeside Stadium is an Australian sports arena in the South Melbourne suburb of Albert Park. Comprising an athletics track and soccer stadium, it currently serves as the home ground and administrative base for association football club South M ...

, 11,739 , 22 April 1967

Round 3

, - style="background:#ccf;" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - style="background:#fff;" , , 11.15 (81) , , 7.5 (47) ,

, 17,227 , 29 April 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 6.5 (41) , , 11.13 (79) ,

, 18,283 , 29 April 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 10.13 (73) , , 8.9 (57) , Princes Park , 19,041 , 29 April 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 9.13 (67) , , 10.9 (69) ,

, 27,760 , 29 April 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 11.12 (78) , , 7.11 (53) ,

, 20,938 , 29 April 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 8.6 (54) , , 10.16 (76) , Windy Hill , 34,600 , 29 April 1967

Round 4

, - style="background:#ccf;" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - style="background:#fff;" , , 10.8 (68) , , 11.22 (88) ,

, 12,750 , 6 May 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 10.6 (66) , , 15.11 (101) ,

, 20,352 , 6 May 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 9.10 (64) , , 22.13 (145) , Princes Park , 9,747 , 6 May 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 13.17 (95) , , 5.7 (37) ,

, 21,855 , 6 May 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 18.19 (127) , , 13.10 (88) ,

, 18,756 , 6 May 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 5.15 (45) , , 16.8 (104) ,

, 48,513 , 6 May 1967

Round 5

, - style="background:#ccf;" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - style="background:#fff;" , , 12.11 (83) , , 12.10 (82) ,

, 15,818 , 13 May 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 9.6 (60) , , 13.13 (91) , Princes Park , 9,897 , 13 May 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 8.13 (61) , , 10.12 (72) , Windy Hill , 24,100 , 13 May 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 13.25 (103) , , 7.15 (57) ,

, 33,714 , 13 May 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 16.22 (118) , , 5.13 (43) ,

, 27,175 , 13 May 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 11.9 (75) , , 11.14 (80) ,

, 44,382 , 13 May 1967

Round 6

, - style="background:#ccf;" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - style="background:#fff;" , , 7.9 (51) , , 10.13 (73) ,

, 10,136 , 20 May 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 16.12 (108) , , 13.11 (89) ,

, 21,565 , 20 May 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 10.13 (73) , , 9.13 (67) , Princes Park , 43,589 , 20 May 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 9.4 (58) , , 14.15 (99) ,

, 32,342 , 20 May 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 13.15 (93) , , 7.9 (51) ,

, 17,582 , 20 May 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 4.7 (31) , , 11.13 (79) ,

, 21,278 , 20 May 1967

Round 7

, - style="background:#ccf;" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - style="background:#fff;" , , 9.12 (66) , , 16.14 (110) , Princes Park , 7,600 , 27 May 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 10.12 (72) , , 6.10 (46) , Windy Hill , 17,684 , 27 May 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 16.20 (116) , , 14.14 (98) ,

, 31,877 , 27 May 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 18.11 (119) , , 12.9 (81) ,

, 50,348 , 27 May 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 7.13 (55) , , 6.6 (42) ,

, 10,280 , 27 May 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 11.12 (78) , , 11.12 (78) ,

, 21,870 , 27 May 1967

Round 8

, - style="background:#ccf;" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - style="background:#fff;" , , 12.8 (80) , , 18.17 (125) ,

, 13,772 , 3 June 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 11.19 (85) , , 12.9 (81) , Princes Park , 30,481 , 3 June 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 20.18 (138) , , 14.25 (109) ,

, 26,584 , 3 June 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 7.15 (57) , , 12.9 (81) ,

, 11,727 , 3 June 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 12.16 (88) , , 13.10 (88) ,

, 16,120 , 3 June 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 13.5 (83) , , 13.12 (90) ,

, 71,946 , 3 June 1967

Round 9

, - style="background:#ccf;" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - style="background:#fff;" , , 21.16 (142) , , 6.15 (51) , Windy Hill , 13,277 , 10 June 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 19.20 (134) , , 4.9 (33) ,

, 18,643 , 10 June 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 9.17 (71) , , 8.13 (61) ,

, 17,258 , 10 June 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 19.14 (128) , , 12.17 (89) ,

, 45,723 , 12 June 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 14.7 (91) , , 13.15 (93) , Princes Park , 37,384 , 12 June 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 15.12 (102) , , 9.8 (62) ,

, 21,963 , 12 June 1967

Round 10

, - style="background:#ccf;" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - style="background:#fff;" , , 16.11 (107) , , 14.7 (91) ,

, 11,967 , 24 June 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 17.16 (118) , , 12.9 (81) ,

, 17,363 , 24 June 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 24.14 (158) , , 12.9 (81) ,

, 38,519 , 24 June 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 18.14 (122) , , 10.10 (70) ,

, 27,055 , 24 June 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 9.11 (65) , , 13.13 (91) , Princes Park , 12,076 , 24 June 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 7.12 (54) , , 11.4 (70) ,

, 19,883 , 24 June 1967

Round 11

, - style="background:#ccf;" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - style="background:#fff;" , , 12.6 (78) , , 9.18 (72) ,

, 14,415 , 1 July 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 9.9 (63) , , 15.21 (111) , Princes Park , 9,851 , 1 July 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 8.9 (57) , , 14.25 (109) ,

, 15,520 , 1 July 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 8.11 (59) , , 14.12 (96) ,

, 7,530 , 1 July 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 9.11 (65) , , 14.14 (98) ,

, 30,848 , 1 July 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 9.16 (70) , , 12.7 (79) , Windy Hill , 23,906 , 1 July 1967

Round 12

, - style="background:#ccf;" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - style="background:#fff;" , , 13.15 (93) , , 10.12 (72) , Windy Hill , 24,600 , 8 July 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 6.15 (51) , , 12.16 (88) ,

, 36,121 , 8 July 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 10.17 (77) , , 13.12 (90) ,

, 11,448 , 8 July 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 8.7 (55) , , 5.22 (52) ,

, 19,191 , 15 July 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 3.15 (33) , , 11.12 (78) ,

, 17,939 , 15 July 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 10.16 (76) , , 10.8 (68) , Princes Park , 16,370 , 15 July 1967

Round 13

, - style="background:#ccf;" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - style="background:#fff;" , , 13.12 (90) , , 8.9 (57) ,

, 18,780 , 22 July 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 19.21 (135) , , 12.10 (82) , Princes Park , 10,800 , 22 July 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 19.16 (130) , , 8.10 (58) ,

, 20,827 , 22 July 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 18.6 (114) , , 13.13 (91) ,

, 31,972 , 22 July 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 9.8 (62) , , 11.15 (81) ,

, 18,851 , 22 July 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 9.9 (63) , , 11.21 (87) ,

, 17,552 , 22 July 1967

Round 14

, - style="background:#ccf;" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - style="background:#fff;" , , 8.10 (58) , , 12.19 (91) ,

, 29,175 , 29 July 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 8.10 (58) , , 8.19 (67) , Princes Park , 13,864 , 29 July 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 8.14 (62) , , 10.11 (71) ,

, 27,320 , 29 July 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 11.12 (78) , , 7.16 (58) ,

, 12,087 , 29 July 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 10.11 (71) , , 5.10 (40) ,

, 8,635 , 29 July 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 8.9 (57) , , 6.8 (44) ,

, 14,582 , 29 July 1967

Round 15

, - style="background:#ccf;" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - style="background:#fff;" , , 14.15 (99) , , 7.16 (58) , Windy Hill , 15,800 , 5 August 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 7.10 (52) , , 6.13 (49) , Princes Park , 20,138 , 5 August 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 14.21 (105) , , 13.7 (85) ,

, 34,447 , 5 August 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 17.17 (119) , , 8.8 (56) ,

, 23,406 , 5 August 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 9.14 (68) , , 7.8 (50) ,

, 16,443 , 5 August 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 14.9 (93) , , 12.15 (87) ,

, 16,867 , 5 August 1967

Round 16

, - style="background:#ccf;" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - style="background:#fff;" , , 7.12 (54) , , 23.30 (168) ,

, 19,441 , 12 August 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 11.7 (73) , , 9.8 (62) , Princes Park , 32,912 , 12 August 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 7.12 (54) , , 7.9 (51) ,

, 17,039 , 12 August 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 9.12 (66) , , 15.15 (105) ,

, 8,509 , 12 August 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 10.13 (73) , , 4.10 (34) ,

, 25,956 , 12 August 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 5.6 (36) , , 16.14 (110) ,

, 10,034 , 12 August 1967

Round 17

, - style="background:#ccf;" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - style="background:#fff;" , , 12.13 (85) , , 7.11 (53) ,

, 48,200 , 19 August 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 8.18 (66) , , 9.8 (62) , Princes Park , 8,027 , 19 August 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 13.11 (89) , , 12.15 (87) , Windy Hill , 8,700 , 19 August 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 9.19 (73) , , 7.3 (45) ,

, 4,846 , 19 August 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 9.9 (63) , , 21.13 (139) ,

, 10,034 , 19 August 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 12.13 (85) , , 8.12 (60) ,

, 34,784 , 19 August 1967

Round 18

, - style="background:#ccf;" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - style="background:#fff;" , , 15.15 (105) , , 18.9 (117) ,

, 34,616 , 26 August 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 7.11 (53) , , 8.7 (55) ,

, 10,669 , 26 August 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 10.22 (82) , , 7.7 (49) , Princes Park , 15,609 , 26 August 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 13.13 (91) , , 10.14 (74) ,

, 13,846 , 26 August 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 8.12 (60) , , 7.14 (56) ,

, 24,282 , 26 August 1967 , - style="background:#fff;" , , 14.16 (100) , , 8.5 (53) ,

, 28,862 , 26 August 1967

Ladder

Night Series Competition

The night series were held under the floodlights at Lake Oval,

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, for the teams (5th to 12th on ladder) out of the finals at the end of the season. Final: Footscray 15.11 (101) defeated

8.8 (56).

Finals series

Week one

Week two

Preliminary Final

Grand final

Awards

* The 1967 VFL Premiership team was

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(its first since 1943). * The VFL's leading goalkicker was

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who kicked 96 goals (including 17 goals in the final series). * The winner of the 1967

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was

Ross G. Smith Ross Gibson Smith (born 8 September 1942) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Smith played with St Kilda as a courageous rover. He won the Brownlow Medal in 1967 and captained Victoria ...

of St Kilda with 24 votes. * Footscray took the "

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" in 1967. * The reserves premiership was won by . North Melbourne 15.13 (103) defeated 10.19 (79) in the Grand Final, held as a curtain-raiser to the seniors Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 23 September.

Notable events

* As well as breaking a twenty-three year premiership drought,

ended a twenty-year finals drought, making the finals for the first time since

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. *

beat Collingwood in Round 1 after a mark was awarded to Bill Ryan, at the top of the goal square just before the siren. As the siren sounded, without the umpires hearing it, the shot at goal was touched on the mark and went through for a behind. The umpire awarded another kick to Geelong for overstepping the mark, and this time Ryan kicked a goal to win by a point. * Former

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ruckman

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, now coaching in

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, was also the manager of one of the district's

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(SSB) branches. He convinced the Bank's head office to sponsor a new competition involving children (under 12), representing their VFL club and playing in their club colours, to be played during the half-time break in the senior VFL game each Saturday. The SSB Mini League, which eventually evolved into the "Little League", conducted its first matches during the 1967 VFL season. *

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moved to

's home ground, Princes Park, sharing the ground on alternate weeks. *

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, having instituted an exhaustive schedule of pre-season and regular in-season training developed by coach

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and former star centreman, now gymnasium owner,

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, as a consequence of them having undertaken this gruelling schedule in addition to their normal, on-going skills training, the Hawthorn players became known as "Kennedy's Commandos". * On

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, a representative match was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground between the Victorian team from the

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, and a team representing the rest of the league. The Carnival team wore Victoria's traditional Big V guernsey; the Rest team wore a red Guernsey with blue yoke and white collar. The Rest 18.13 (121) defeated the Carnival team 9.13 (67) in front of a crowd of 15,613. * In the Second Semi-Final between

and

Richmond's

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and Carlton's John Nicholls were wrestling for the ball when Nicholls hit Crowe "in the guts", Crowe stepped back with the football grasped to his chest in his left hand and attempted to slap Nicholls with his open right hand. Crowe missed making any contact with Nicholls by about three inches. Nicholls immediately lifted his own left hand to his face, and pretended to have been badly affected, reeled away from Crowe. Despite Crowe's protests, he was reported for striking Nicholls. At the tribunal Crowe, received no assistance from Nicholls who was reluctant to admit that he was only acting. Crowe was suspended for four weeks; he missed the Grand Final, and never played VFL football again. * At the end of the season,

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's squad of players drawn mainly from the VFL, known as " The Galahs", played matches in Ireland, England, and the United States.

References

Bibliography

* * Hogan, P., ''The Tigers Of Old'', The Richmond Football Club, (Richmond), 1996. * Rogers, S. & Brown, A., ''Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897–1997'' (Sixth Edition), Viking Books, (Ringwood), 1998. * Ross, J. (ed), ''100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported'', Viking, (Ringwood), 1996.

External links

1967 Season – AFL Tables

Ben Broad, "Surprise debut a huge thrill for Tiger legend", Official AFL Website, (4 January 2008)
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